ThanksĪnimation, 3D modeling, and rendering are among the most demanding applications. Will this build be good enough for my work? Opinions and advice always appreciated. I found this combination best in my budget and hopefully for my work. Hey, below is the pc that I am planning for 3d rendering and animation. I chose to go big for I need a fast turnaround for my work, but 8 cores should be able to render at a decent rate, and again, every program is optimized differently and one may be faster or slower than another. I used to use my laptop which has a i5 2410M (2c/4t), and it would literally take up to a week to render an image to proper quality, but my new system can do the job in 5 minutes! So, basically the sky is the limit when it comes to 3D rendering. I am also a 3D renderer, and found that the program I use can take all the cores I can throw at it.I recently built a 16 core/32 thread system and it is incredible to see them all at 100%. Another upgrade that I included was an 80+ Gold rated PSU for reliability and efficiency.

I also doubled your RAM for this will be useful for rendering as well (though this can vary per program). The CPU that I chose costs a touch more, but will give you 8 threads which will greatly improve us has been proven to be a good performer for gaming if you have the gumption for that as well. I totaled up your projected build to get an idea of your budget, and then took that base number and put together a potential build that may serve you better and does not cost much more (maybe $50 or so). For example, the GTX 1060 6GB version is selling for about the same cost as the GTX 960 4GB if purchased new. If you are going to use GPU rendering, you may fair better from a newer architecture card.

The i5 6500 is a great performing chip, though without hyperthreading you may feel there is more to be desired when it comes to rendering capability.

If you are doing CPU based rendering, the more cores the better. Many rendering programs can use either GPU or CPU to do the job. It really depends on the programs that you are using and the projected timeline you are wanting to maintain when it comes to rendering.

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